Cultivator



(No Model.)

, H.' S. SMILEY.

GULTIVATOR. No. 269,732. Patented Dec.26, 1882.

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HENRY S. SMILEY, OF MEADVILLE, MISSOURI.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 269,732, dated December26, 1882.

Application led August 5, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY S. SMILEY, of Meadville, in the county of Linnand State ot' Missouri, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Cultivators; and I do hereby declare that thefollowingis a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, whichwill enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make anduse the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, whichform a part of this specification.

This invention relates to cultivators for corn, Snc.; and it consists incertain improvements iu the construction and operation ot' the same.

1n the drawings, Figure l is a plan view of twin cultivators embodyingmy improvements and attached to the axle of thesulky. Figa? .is a sideview thereof, and Fig. 3 is a perspective detail view of one of thestandards.

Referring to the drawings, A A designate the beams ot' the cultivators,each having a suitable handle, B, pivoted thereto atitslower end, C, andheldv in position by an inclined plate or brace, D, also pivotedatitslowerend, E, and provided with a series of pert'orations, F,through one of which and a perforation, G, in handle B a transverseholding-pin, H, 'is passed.

0n ,beam A are arranged suitably-disposed standards I. The latterconsist of a. disk or plate, J, pivoted to the side of the beam by a pinor bolt, K, and provided on its opposite side with a segmental slot, L,in which Works a set-screw, M, for regulating the position of the frontend of the disk or plate.

N is a shank or standard projecting laterally from plate J, and providednear the outer end 'with a slot, O, through which passes the springcultivator-blade P, the position of the latter heilig regulated byasetscrew,Q, working atright angles to slot 0.

It designates suitable brace-rods extending from the ends ot' thehorizontal standard-stem N to the beam A.

To the front ot' beam A is swiveled, so as to be capable of only lateralmovement,theusual elevis, S, comprising a n-sha-ped block, T, throughthe ends of which is passed a transverse pin, U, on which is pivoted averticallymoving plate, V, which is adjusted on top the sulky-axle W.Under the latter is placed a separate clamping-plate', X, and plates Vand X are caused to bind on the axle by bolts Y and nuts Z. In thismanner the cultivators maybe readily attached or detached, as de sired.j

The opera-tion and advantages of my invention 'will be readilyunderstood. It is simple,

inexpensive, readily adjustable, and efficient.

I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent-' l I The combination,-wth the beam, ofthestandard-plate pivoted thereto and having'theintegral lateral shank formed with a horizontal

